As we posted earlier about the rolling of Nexus 5 in India via Play Store and now that everybody has purchased it and made the inventory out of stock, Its time to root the device and enhance its internal features too. Rooting will only be done if your device is unlocked and contract free. Read on.

If your device is locked, you can even unlock it and then perform this root. Rooting on latest Android 4.4 was difficult but not impossible. In our procedure of we are not only guiding you to through rooting but also making you to flash ClockWorkMod recovery with stock recovery that will help you to take a nandroid backup of your device as well. Let's begin.!!

Procedure To Root & Install ClockWorkMod Recovery In Nexus 5

Pre-requisites

Install USB Driver for Nexus 5 to transfer files between the Android device and the computer.

Enable USB Debugging Mode on the phone to connect the Android device with computer and use the Android SDK with it. Press Menu>> Settings>>Applications. From there navigate and click on Development option and check USB Debugging Mode.

As the tutorial might wipe out all data of the phone, create a backup. If the device is having any custom recoveries such as CWM/TWRP already installed, then back up data using the recovery.

The Nexus 5 should have above 80% of battery charge. Due to low battery if the phone goes off suddenly while installing a custom ROM, flashing an official firmware or installing mode, the device might get bricked or go dead permanently.

Step-4: Connect the Nexus 5 to the computer using USB cable. Then copy theUPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65.zip file to the SD card of the phone. Ensure that the file is in the SD card root, not in any folder

Step-5: Download CWM 6.0.4.4 and save it in the android-sdk-windowsplatform-tools directory on the computer

Step-6: Turn off the phone and enter into Fastboot/Bootloader Mode. Press and hold Volume Down and Power buttons together for a few seconds until some texts appears on the screen. This is Bootloader Mode

Step-7: Navigate to android-sdk-windowsplatform-tools directory and open Command Prompt (Shift + Right Click to open Command Prompt)

Step-10: In CWM recovery, scroll down to flash zip from sdcard and press the Power button to select it. Then select choose zip from sdcard by pressing the Power button. Now navigate to the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65.zipfile and select it using the Power button. Confirm installation on the next screen. The installation procedure should now start

Step-11: When the installation is completed, go to '+++++Go Back' and reboot the phone by selecting reboot system now from Recovery menu. The phone will boot now and it would take about five minutes to boot up for the first time

The Nexus 5 should now be rooted successfully on Android 4.4 KitKat with CWM recovery installed. Open the app drawer of the phone and look for SuperSU app. Also, to verify the root status, download Root Checker app from Google play Store.

Author : Shoeb Ahmad Fareed

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